Europe’s attention is concentrated on the south now. However, Van Rompuy has promised to fulfill “democratic standards commitments” as regards Belarus.
"The Eastern Partnership is the best instrument to enhance our support of the Belarusian civil community”, - claimed Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, in Prague on February 23.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
35 students to go to Europe to study in framework of Erasmus Mundus program
The competition among the Belarusian students reached 10 people per place this year!
35 Belarusian students and magistrands will go to study to the European universities in the framework of the program Erasmus Mundus. The competition among the Belarusian students reached 10 people per place this year!
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35 Belarusian students and magistrands will go to study to the European universities in the framework of the program Erasmus Mundus. The competition among the Belarusian students reached 10 people per place this year!
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Pickets of solidarity with political prisoners prohibited all over Belarus
Activists of REI trade union have received denials to their 27 applications for pickets in Homel, Dobrush, Svetlahorsk, Zhlobin, Rahachou on February 23.
According to the REI trade union's Homel regional legal inspector Leanid Sudalenka, the city authorities have put under a threat the very principle of freedom for peaceful gatherings of citizens by such decision.
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According to the REI trade union's Homel regional legal inspector Leanid Sudalenka, the city authorities have put under a threat the very principle of freedom for peaceful gatherings of citizens by such decision.
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200 signatures for petition to Lukashenka collected in Katowice
Poles are demanding to release political prisoners.
The action "Send freedom to Belarus" ("Wyślij Wolność Białorusi") organized by the Office of MEP Marek Migalski and the Independent Association of Śląskie University Students was organized in Polish Katowice near the rector’s office on February 17.
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The action "Send freedom to Belarus" ("Wyślij Wolność Białorusi") organized by the Office of MEP Marek Migalski and the Independent Association of Śląskie University Students was organized in Polish Katowice near the rector’s office on February 17.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Parfiankou sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in colony of strict regime
According to the public prosecutor, Vasil Parfiankou participated in mass disturbances, hit the House of Government 61 times and resisted to the police.
The former member of the presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu's nomination group Vasil Parfiankou has become the first of the 42 suspects in the "December 19 mass disturbances" The trial was declared open, unexpectedly, and the photographers and video-operators were allowed to shoot in the court hall before the trial started.
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The former member of the presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu's nomination group Vasil Parfiankou has become the first of the 42 suspects in the "December 19 mass disturbances" The trial was declared open, unexpectedly, and the photographers and video-operators were allowed to shoot in the court hall before the trial started.
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Byalyatsk?: Don?t give in to authorities? blackmail!
The General Prosecutor’s Office has warned the chairperson of the human rights centre “Vyasna”. But he is not going to stop his work.
Ales Byalyatski, chairperson of the human rights centre “Vyasna”, was summoned to the Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office on February 16. The human rights defender was warned about the inadmissibility of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization. Mr. Byalyatski guessed the subpoena was connected with it.
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Ales Byalyatski, chairperson of the human rights centre “Vyasna”, was summoned to the Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office on February 16. The human rights defender was warned about the inadmissibility of acting on behalf of an unregistered organization. Mr. Byalyatski guessed the subpoena was connected with it.
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EP delegation cancels visit to Belarus
The European Parliament’s delegation will not visit Belarus due to the impossibility to meet detained opposition members.
The decision has been taken on February 10, said the chairperson of the EU’s delegation for relations with Belarus Jacek Protasiewicz, informs BelaPAN. "There is no sense in meeting only officials and representatives of the government”, - the Polish Publishing Agency quotes Protasiewicz. Furthermore, the MEP noted that Belarus had made it clear that not all the delegation members would be able to get Belarusian visas.
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The decision has been taken on February 10, said the chairperson of the EU’s delegation for relations with Belarus Jacek Protasiewicz, informs BelaPAN. "There is no sense in meeting only officials and representatives of the government”, - the Polish Publishing Agency quotes Protasiewicz. Furthermore, the MEP noted that Belarus had made it clear that not all the delegation members would be able to get Belarusian visas.
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U.S. President?s Assistant:Sanctions - adequate response to repressions
"The sanctions are American. I would like to clarify it: we did not follow Europeans. They have introduced their sanctions and we have introduced ours”, - stressed Michael McFaul.
The U.S. sanctions imposed on the Belarusian administration were “an adequate response” to the repressions launched after the presidential election in Belarus.
Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the United States National Security Council, claimed it in an interview with the radio station “Voice of America”.
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The U.S. sanctions imposed on the Belarusian administration were “an adequate response” to the repressions launched after the presidential election in Belarus.
Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the United States National Security Council, claimed it in an interview with the radio station “Voice of America”.
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Strangers chain entrance to Belarusian Embassy to Warsaw (photo)
Belarusians living in Poland have used the joke to express solidarity with political prisoners and to demand to release them.
An unusual action was conducted near the Belarusian Embassy to Warsaw in the afternoon of February 16. Strangers chained the entrance and attached a padlock to it thus paralyzing the work of the Embassy.
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An unusual action was conducted near the Belarusian Embassy to Warsaw in the afternoon of February 16. Strangers chained the entrance and attached a padlock to it thus paralyzing the work of the Embassy.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Passengers change into shorts and T-shirts and bikinis in subway on Sunday
A flash-mob action called "Summer attacks" took place in Minsk subway on Sunday. The youth reminded to the city traffic passengers how shorts, T-shirts and bikinis looked like. The participants of the action got together at 6.30 p.m. at the railway station, changed, left their things in the luggage lockers and headed for the subway via the pedestrian underground.
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